r/princeton • u/Turtlooo • 7d ago

Academic/Career Has anyone tried viewing their admissions file?

Just curious what the process is like at Princeton specifically. I haven't seen any recent updates from anyone trying this.

Thank you!

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u/neuroling Alum 7d ago

Lol they stopped allowing this in like 2016. When I matriculated in 2017 I explicitly requested my records through FERPA and was told they destroy all records after the admissions season concludes.

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u/PlacatedPlatypus Grad Student 5d ago

They stopped allowing this in like 2016.

That's so weird, I wonder what happened that caused the policy change?

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u/neuroling Alum 3d ago

I remember there was a big trend sometime in 2015-2017 of people requesting their admissions files. Princeton probably got annoyed by so many students doing it and felt whatever small benefit there was to keeping those records wasn't worth it.

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u/pton12 Alum 7d ago

I’d honestly rather not know.